Police in Paris yesterday said three associates of Abballa were being questioned

French-born Abballa was a known Islamic radical jailed for three years in 2013 for “assisting criminals connected with a terrorist act”.

He served only a fraction of the sentence thanks to remission. On release Abballa was put on France’s “S-list” of individuals seen as a danger to state security — and was reportedly linked to a Syrian jihadi group.

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Abballa frequently used social media to call for the murders of police, prison officers and journalists. Officers who searched his home said they found a hit list of six public figures, including French rappers.

The policeman’s son was yesterday said to be “extremely shocked but otherwise unharmed”.

ISIS yesterday issued a statement saying the killings were carried out by an “Islamic State fighter.”

Police in Paris yesterday said three associates of Abballa, aged 27, 29 and 44, were being questioned.

'Odious act'

FRANCE’S President Francois Hollande held a crisis meeting yesterday and declared the murders were “unquestionably” an act of terrorism.
He condemned the “odious act” and said “all light will be shed” on the case.
Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve called it “an abject terrorist attack” and expressed his “infinite sadness”.

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